@c This is part of the AUCTeX Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
+@c Copyright (C) 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012
@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file auctex.texi for copying conditions.
@ifset rawfile
@chapter Installing @AUCTeX{}
@end ifclear
+The simplest way of installing @AUCTeX{} is by using the Emacs package
+manager integrated in Emacs 24 and greater (@acronym{ELPA}). Simply do
+@kbd{M-x package-list-packages RET}, mark the auctex package for
+installation with @kbd{i}, and hit @kbd{x} to execute the installation
+procedure. That's all.
+
+The remainder of this section is about installing @AUCTeX{} from a
+release tarball or from a checkout of the @AUCTeX{} repository.
+
Installing @AUCTeX{} should be simple: merely @command{./configure},
@command{make}, and @code{make install} for a standard site-wide
installation (most other installations can be done by specifying a
version of @code{xemacs-base} older than 1.84 (released in sumo from
02/02/2004). Using @previewlatex{} requires a version of Emacs compiled
with image support. While the X11 version of @w{Emacs 21} will likely
-work, @w{Emacs 22} and later is the preferred platform.
+work, @w{Emacs 22} and later is preferred.
@table @b
@item Windows
For an overview of precompiled versions of Emacs for Mac OS X see for
example @uref{http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsForMacOS}.
@item GNU/Linux
-Most GNU/Linux distributions nowadays provide a variant of Emacs 22 or
-later via their package repositories.
+Most GNU/Linux distributions nowadays provide a recent variant of Emacs
+via their package repositories.
@item Self-compiled
Compiling Emacs yourself requires a C compiler and a number of tools and
development libraries. Details are beyond the scope of this manual.